Spaceworks Announces: Creative Enterprise Applications Open

Spaceworks invites creatives* who have a plan for a creative/innovative business that benefits Tacoma’s community and are seeking to develop a thriving business to apply to participate in its 2016 Creative Enterprise Program.

Spaceworks’ Creative Enterprise Program provides relevant and meaningful business training and peer-to-peer support to the participants to systematically grow Tacoma’s creative class and generate destination quality activity that will engage and transform our community. Affordable space is also provided, dependent on availability, to serve as a training ground to test new ideas, products and services with a safety net of technical assistance and mentorship.

Selected participants will start Spaceworks’ Creative Enterprise Training in January 2016 and pitch a full business plan for review in May 2016. Spaceworks staff will help to launch these businesses to the streets of Tacoma throughout 2016.

*Artists, designers, crafters, techies, makers, foodies, consultants, organizations, community groups and other entrepreneurs working in any creative field (for-profit or non-profit).

Spaceworks will offer information sessions and “office hours” for potential applicants prior to the deadline to present ways to build a strong application and provide feedback to applicant’s proposals. Whether you are just thinking about applying, or you’ve started the application and have questions, join us to get your questions answered.

Image 2: During the Spring 2015 Spaceworks Creative Enterprise Training program, a panel of Spaceworks Alumni shared their stories, their perspective, and offered technical advice on starting a small, creative business in Tacoma. Photo by Crews Creative.